Andrew Hamilton

Andrew Hamilton is a baritone of growing international reputation, praised for the warmth and agility of his voice. A recent member of the Ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper (2022–2025) and a former member of its Opera Studio, he joins the Ensemble of the Staatsoper Hamburg at the beginning of the 2025/26 season. Andrew is also a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and has established himself as a compelling presence across opera, concert, and recital stages.

In the 2025/26 season, Andrew makes several major role debuts at the Staatsoper Hamburg, including Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), alongside a return to Ottokar (Der Freischütz). At the Bayerische Staatsoper, he creates the role of David Rizzio in the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and directed by Claus Guth. On the concert platform, he appears with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and gives recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Lammermuir Festival.

Highlights of the 2024/25 season included his role debut as Valentin in a new production of Faust at Teatro Massimo, Palermo, and at Bayerische Staatsoper he appeared as Dandini (La cenerentola) and Schaunard (La bohème). He made his role debut as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at the Grange Festival directed by Paul Curran, and sang in concert performances of Rigoletto and La traviata at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. He also gave his first solo recital at Wigmore Hall with pianist Michael Pandya, appeared at the Ludlow English Song Weekend with Iain Burnside, and sang Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and A Child of Our Time with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester.

At Bayerische Staatsoper his appearances included: Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Ned Keene (Peter Grimes), Silvano (Un ballo in maschera), Lesbo (Agrippina), Ping (Turandot), Marcellus and Spieler 3 in Brett Dean’s Hamlet, and roles in Wozzeck, The Nose, Le Grand Macabre and Les Troyens.